Results 2,761-2,780 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: We are concerned about that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Does that expose this country or the Department to financial-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: My final question is another "Yes" or "No" question. Does the Department have confidence in the corporate governance at Bord na gCon at the moment?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Is that another way of saying "Yes"?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Okay, so Mr. Gleeson does have confidence in the corporate governance.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: I thank Mr. Gleeson.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (18 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of an adopted child (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be reviewed. [24937/19]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, I request that it be held over. Deputies Connolly and Kelly have a particular interest in this matter and we could have a useful discussion about it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: We could do that but it is not answerable to this committee. That is the only difference.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: These are all important matters but the issue came up at another meeting, presumably because of dual membership between this committee and other committees-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: People probably had these documents. That is probably what happened yesterday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is grand. There was €1 million spent on public relations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I have nothing against the firm, and the contract was tendered, but I wonder how would €1 million in public relations be required to build a hospital. Is it about spinning the right story? We should get a detailed breakdown of what this involves.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, and what work was carried out and how necessary it was. I am not trying to get at the PR company but I am interested to know why a PR company is needed to build a hospital.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I have one more point and the Chairman can let in other people as I do not want to be annoying people. I asked a question with regard to the considering of tenders generally. I mentioned that the contractor involved is also in what I am told up are to nine litigation cases against the State regarding other contracts. Would this not be taken into consideration? If somebody built our house...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: There is a detailed answer but it is a little bit of a cop-out of an answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Maybe-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Maybe powers higher than us need to consider including aspects of this. There may be perfectly good grounds for the contractor to be suing the State. I am not saying there are not. However, if it is doing it nine times, it looks like there is a little bit of form and consistency. As the people writing the cheque, we should have some element of discretion. There is no doubt the State is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission is the one exception.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)
Marc MacSharry: They get paid.